Endangered Species Day May 17, 2024

Endangered Species Day

Today, on Endangered Species Day, we unite in a collective effort for conservation. Currently, there are over 44,000 species that are threatened with extinction. Among the world"s most endangered animals are Javan and black rhinos, mountain gorillas, and Hawksbill turtles.

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Today in History

May 17, 2018Celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day
May 17, 2019Work out on your way to work
May 17, 2020My my, it s Syttende Mai
May 17, 2021Happy Syttende Mai!
May 17, 2022Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
May 17, 2023Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, California
May 17, 2025A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy

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Mar 27, 2023New York City skyline
Jun 21, 2021The tallest animal in the world on the longest day of the year
Nov 17, 2024Red deer stag in Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
Mar 6, 2019Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon
Apr 29, 2024Fujian Tulou, China
Jan 20, 2019It’s Penguin Awareness Day
Jul 21, 2018And you thought moths were boring
Jan 22, 2019Is this Minecraft headquarters?
Apr 22, 2021Gazing down on planet Earth
May 29, 2025Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
Feb 26, 2018A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
May 4, 2022Star Wars Day
Feb 18, 2018Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
Feb 23, 2023The lights of Paris
Jun 2, 2020Falling for the Canadian Rockies
Aug 14, 2021When Death Valley blew its top
Dec 17, 2018We have liftoff!
Oct 23, 2024Madame Sherri Forest, New Hampshire
Aug 31, 2020At the shore of an inland sea
Jun 25, 2023Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
Mar 3, 2018Celebrating World Wildlife Day
Jan 13, 2019On the hunt
Oct 13, 2019Acadia transformed
Apr 15, 2024World Art Day
Jan 18, 2020Sands of time
Mar 25, 2023Cecil Brewer Staircase, London
Oct 6, 2022International Geodiversity Day
May 24, 2022European Day of Parks